Googlers And Planet Money Are Trying To Answer The Same Question

Despite the fact that Haiti has largely fallen off the media radar screen, Google searchers are still trying to answer a basic question Planet Money's been wrestling with: Why is Haiti so poor?

As the screenshot above shows, the question isn't quite as popular on Google as some random question about Facebook. And it lags behind classics about poop, writing desks and the sky. We can't answer any of those.

But we've been chipping away at the Haiti question. Here are some of our efforts so far:

Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money. Want to know more? Check out our "about" page. Want to connect with the Planet Money team? Send us an email.